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print
Object Type
print
Museum number
F,6.161
Description
A man mending a quill, sitting at a table covered in books and papers, wearing a flat cap, with a window above to left, in a simple room with a stool and books scattered on the ground; after Rembrandt; proof before letters. Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
Richard Houston
After:
Rembrandt
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1736-1775
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
350 millimetres
Width:
252 millimetres
Curator's comments
See Bode, vol. vii, p. 2420, original not known (Charrington).
Bibliographic references
Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century
(undescribed)
Charrington 1923 / A Catalogue of the Mezzotints after, or said to be after, Rembrandt
(83.I)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(probably)
Acquisition date
1753
Acquisition notes
with Philipe's large pencilled HS; this would imply that the print was made before 1753.
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
F,6.161